Chapter 25: Family Battle (4)

"Just because he can summon things, doesn't mean he is strong." Sephker's dad said.

"You, ugh. To think someone can be so mean to their flesh and blood. Just admit he is strong already. So then my daughter can get hitched. Both of them love each other." My mom said with a slight sigh.

I do not understand men sometimes. I can tell Sephker likes me. We both do love each other. Yet, he doesn't want to get married since he was left behind in this world. He should know I don't care if he is the rice winner of the family. I could care less if we eat rice once a week or even less.

Well, he is younger than me. If I remember he is a year younger than I. He could be like most men. They typically want to sleep around and have fun that way. They don't have many chances to drink until they become a lot older.

Sephker could drink since he has connections. It seems like he doesn't want to drink. Or he isn't open about wanting to drink alcohol.

One thing I can say that I am happy about. Is that he is now strong enough to protect himself from powerful demonic beasts. He doesn't realize it since he can't perceive power and strength unlike animal people. Those monsters he summons. Are scary and powerful.

I bet most people would be scared to go against those cards in his hand. If I could sense aura's I would assume most of them would be black. I can tell that they are strong partly because of not being able to tell what he has.

The fear of not knowing is strong in any person or animal or even beasts. There is one in particular that I have a bad feeling about. Every time his hand goes near the card my body tightens up.

My mom can tell that something is scaring me because my tail stands up straight every time his hand is near that one card. My mom put her hand on my shoulder to calm me down. Which is helping me calm down.

Wait, what the! Sephker used a card to boost his mana. Oh, no! He grabbed the card that was making me tense. Oh, Sephker, you're injured. You were holding back this entire time weren't you.

3 Minutes Before The Summon

I drew a card and charged it into my mana. This increased my Mana. A much needed increase since I will soon have to end this fight. My stamina is going to run out soon.

Mana 8/20 -> Mana 9/20

My older brother Ferin is tired, but not noticeably tired. I can tell he is tired since I am family. For most people they would assume he is out of breath. I might have to use this card. I need to end it since I am running low on steam.

This card has an aura of some sorts that I don't like. I know it is a card that I should not look down on. The cost is high, like very high. 15 mana and 1 skill.

I have only three cards left. Two increase my mana pool and one is that card. It is a corrupted card and cards that are corrupted are powerful. Cards that require a huge investment. What you get is a huge pay off. Sure, that is correct.

To me though sacrificing a skill for even days is a tough thing to get rid of. I do immediately get a new skill, one that is stronger than the one I get rid of. That is just a high cost in the fact that a skill can be useless. Regardless of the fact that it could be a high-ranking skill.

I just want my brother to stop bullying me. If I show him strength that even he cannot handle. I am sure he would be less likely to bully me in the future. What is that saying, there is no gain unless there is loss?